by Dennis Polkow | August 28, 2026Lyric Opera’s Sunday in the Park Showcases Selections From the Upcoming Season On Sunday evening, the opera company performed selections from five of the six staged operas that will make up its 2026-27 season, among other works.
by Dennis Polkow | April 24, 2026A Splashy and Sentimental CliffsNotes “Great Gatsby” “The Great Gatsby: A New Musical” is here for a short run at Broadway in Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre.
by Dennis Polkow | April 17, 2026Lyric’s John Mangum and Enrique Mazzola Discuss the 2026-27 Opera Season Mangum, the Lyric's general director, president and CEO, and Mazzola, the Lyric's music director, discuss what's in store for the opera company in the year ahead.
by Mary Wisniewski | April 8, 2026avery r. young’s Afro-Surrealist Opera, “safronia,” Is A Story of the Great Migration The West Side native and interdisciplinary artist is taking on a new challenge—acting and singing in his own production that draws from gospel hymns, blues, funk and poetry.
by Dennis Polkow | March 18, 2026Reimagined “Butterfly” Leaves Sumptuous Score Intact but Turns Reality on Its Head Matthew Ozawa’s multidimensional staging of “Butterfly” that premiered at Cincinnati Opera in 2023 is now being presented at his home company of Lyric Opera, where he is chief artistic director.
by Mary Wisniewski | January 29, 2026Something Wilde: An Explosive “Salome” at the Lyric Opera This is the North American premiere of David McVicar’s production of the opera, inspired by the Pier Paolo Pasolini film “Salò” and set in a grey world reminiscent of fascist Italy under Mussolini and Edward Gorey drawings.
by Dennis Polkow | November 24, 2025Smashing Genres: Billy Corgan Gets Artsy at Lyric Opera Billed as “A Night of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness,” Friday night was not your typical night at the opera.
by Dennis Polkow | November 20, 2025A Fresh Meeting of Mozart and Salieri as Robert Falls Meets Steppenwolf The legendary Chicago theater maker, most known for his work at Goodman Theatre, directs a contemporary and understated version of Peter Shaffer’s "Amadeus."
by Mark Thomas Ketterson | November 5, 2025Lyric Opera Revives “Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci” in a Double Bill of Italian Opera The classic Elijah Moshinsky stagings of Mascagni and Leoncavallo’s works follow the opera's season-opening mounting of Cherubini’s "Medea."
by Dennis Polkow | October 16, 2025Hometown Heroes Triumph in Lyric’s First-Ever “Medea” The long journey to get Cherubini’s “Medea" to Lyric Opera culminates in a spectacular production and stellar performance.
by Dennis Polkow | September 11, 2025Lyric’s Sunday in the Park Gives Chicago Opera Fans a Taste of the Season to Come The season preview concert overlapped with Taste of Chicago, creating a sometimes amusing Ivesian auditory collision.
